Cal Kestis is Proof the Jedi Were Wrong

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Cal Kestis was barely a padawan when order 66 was kicked off. He would go into hiding for most of his teenage years forgetting everything he learned. It wasn't until five years after the Jedi Order was destroyed that Cal would restart his journey to becoming a Jedi Knight. Like Luke Skywalker, Cal was able to teach himself what it meant to be a Jedi, without all of the structure provided by the Jedi Order. I believe his journey is a good template for future Jedi to follow in the post Jedi Order period.

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[GenerationTech]

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[SwedishmafiaMemeCorporation]

Cal Kestis has learned to use the Force to make his hairstyle remain perfect no matter how wet, dirty or windy his surroundings are. He is the chosen one.

[dianabarnett]

Honestly, Cal's 5 years on Bracca probably taught him more about life, the galaxy, and the people who live within it more than a lifetime spent in the Jedi Temple.

[betv]

If Cal ever meet up with Luke’s new Jedi order in the future, it’d make sense that Cal fill the role of Jedi Battlemaster. Not only does he know how to use multiple types of lightsabers but based on the new game he also understands when an opponent must be taken out & there’s no changing their path

[archermahou]

Generation Tech: Cal is a great example of a Force Sensitive not falling to the Dark Side without training.
Meanwhile, Cal: EMBRACE THE DARKNESS

[CitanulsPumpkin]

My favorite part of Jedi Survivor is how Merrin is clearly invested in keeping Cal from falling to the dark side because, as far as she has seen, all Jedi fall to the dark side after some trauma.

The prequels spent three movies telling fans that love leads to corruption and the dark side. In the Cal Kestis Jedi games, Cal falls in love with a Nightsister. A faction that learns to use the dark side in ways that preserve their self-control and ensure they will never fall to the dark side. Merrin, with her Nightsister training and years observing multiple former Jedi fully submitting to the dark, recognizes the danger Cal is in and does whatever she can to keep him sane and in the light.

Because love finds a way.

[jdchav]

Dooku had a more tragic death than we initially think. He was a jedi, failed by his superiors who ultimately fell to the dark side, just to be killed by another jedi who was in the process of being failed by his superiors, who also fell to the darkside bc of it. All under the one sith. If the Jedi focused more on the wellbeing, free thinking, happiness, and guidance of their jedi maybe there wouldn’t have been situations like that.

[PhantomHarlock]

If all the Jedi who survive order 66 and appeared in movies and games helped the rebels in Episode IV, that movie would be 15 minutes long.

[lamartinez]

A huge thing I love about Cal is the actor, he's a great actor. The character deserves a live action movie soon

[formedblackhawk_]

Cal kestis did have the help of a living Jedi in order to become a knight. Cere was/is a Jedi and she mentored cal a bit, not a full on master but she did help him

[Aquageo]

One thing i noticed about cal throughout both games is that whenever he encounters a fallen jedi, he, on some level, understands them and why they fell. He also doesn't defend the jedi order when thry are called on their arrogance.

[SympatheticStrawmanVA]

Cal understood what no Jedi or Sith could.
That poncho is superior to robes.

[jessmith]

The early Jedi did try to talk, but many darksiders not only rejected them but also became destructive. Eventually the jedi just assumed that as soon as they go dark side theyre going to start killing ppl

[jayj.]

I think an important thing to mention about Cal is that he was also lucky enough to have Cere and Cordova guide him as well. I feel like those two jedi were written very well.

Cordova had great respect for his apprentice Cere. He always believed in her talents and trusted in her decisions. This behavior was adopted by Cere. She always trusted in Cal and knew he could make the tough but right choices. I love that these two jedi were willing to step back and let Cal grow instead of trying to mold him into what the "proper" jedi should be. They simply trusted Cal and acted more as a guiding presence.

[CloneScavengerVulpin]

Cal didn't just learn how to be a jedi he learned how to be human, that's what kreia wanted to teach meetra surik.

[ElijahNMitchell]

I ran a pre-Episode One Star Wars RPG with a group of Jedi investigating the murder of many Padawans/Knights. It turned out that they were part of a group wanting to investigate the Dark Side for balance, and the Council was killing them afraid they were fallen.

One of the best campaigns I’ve ever run

[thedarkknight]

Cal in Fallen Order: Aang
Cal in Jedi Surviver: Zuko after his redemption arc.

What a transformation, exquisite. 🙂

[eche]

This is why I love characters like Ahsoka and Cal, and any of these complex Jedi characters after the purge. The art of Individualism through the Force, recognizing the folly of both the Sith and the Jedi

[rikubear]

Im a middle school teacher anf everything you said about teaching young people is spot on. In my own classroom i focus less on letters of the law and more on spirit of the law. I SHOW them the right way instead of just TELLING THEM. Thats what young kids these days need. Examples to inspire them to be something more.

Cal had that with his master and he decided that he would live it. I myself had a sensei that inspired me. Examples are much more effective than rules. Great video!

[BenLJudy]

I think Cal also brings in an important level of connection to the Jedi. In the Republic, Jedi were untouchable and aloof monks wandering around in robes to most people. Sure, they're *wise* monks, but they're still fallible people.

I had a similar experience in highschool as an agnostic kid at a Catholic highschool. I initially saw many of the priests and friars as somewhat disconnected from my experiences in life, but the school did a wonderful job of showing that there's more to someone with a religious vow than their vow. One of my favorite teachers was a friar who taught physics, and as a teenage punk (as most boys are in highschool), the priest who was dean of discipline showed that he was able to understand the context of events and react accordingly instead of being a hard headed rulemonger, as well as teaching how to navigate respect for position even in disagreements. One of the head aministrators was a priest who had gone to the school himself and was in the varsity football team, which he was very involved in when he became a staff member. Even though I wasn't and still am not religious, I gained a respect for the person under the robes because there was more to them than baggy clothing.

That long winded wall of text aside, at the school, I learned that the priests and friars weren't *just* clergy. I think Cal Kestis shows this as well, since he's not just some warrior monk. Cal gets involved in peoples' lives. He works at the factories with others and looks out for people. This connection is something the Republic Era Jedi lacked, since they sat in their temples, meditated, and went out to solve disputes, often with politics guiding them rather than the right thing to do. The Jedi were disconnected from the galaxy and people didn't want some strange guy with the Force and a laser sword to come in and tell them what to do in matters they've never had any experience with. By working among the people and learning firsthand how the world works, Cal shows that he's above all else one of the people, not some laser sword space monk.